Tadweer collects 1,860,000 tons of waste in Abu Dhabi in H1 2022

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Waste Management Centre (Tadweer) announced that it has processed more than 1,860,000 tons of waste, including 88,382 tons of medical and hazardous waste, and handled 50,000 pest control requests during the first half of 2022. This comes as part of the centre’s continuous efforts to build an efficient integrated waste management and pest ...

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Dewa aims AED 3.1b cash dividends for H1, 2022

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority PJSC (DEWA), the Emirate of Dubai’s exclusive electricity and water services provider, which is listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM), has announced that the company’s first general assembly meeting will be held physically and virtually on October 10. The Assembly will vote on the recommendation of Board of Directors concerning a ...

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Dubai Refreshments continues to lead the segment in UAE

  Dubai / Gulf Time Dubai Refreshments (PSC) was established as a limited liability company in 1959 by the Decree of His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai. In July 1994, the company amended its status to a Public Shareholding company. In 1962, it was awarded the sole franchisee ...

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UAE cabinet reviews growth, its development indicators

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, chaired the UAE Cabinet meeting held at Qasr Al Watan Abu Dhabi. The meeting was attended by HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Finance; ...

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Dubai FDI wins UN recognition for tracking investments

  DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Investment Development Agency (Dubai FDI) at the Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) gained international recognition for its successful efforts in capturing FDI trends and patterns towards positioning the city as a global investment destination. The ‘Dubai FDI Monitor’ open data initiative was recently recognised as a best practice among investment promotion agencies (IPAs) ...

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Germany ups chemical imports over energy crisis

  Bloomberg Germany is increasingly getting vital chemicals from abroad as the country’s industrial giants like BASF SE struggle with sky-rocketing energy prices from Russian gas cuts. Chemical import volumes have almost doubled this year as the crisis deepened. Germany imported around 2.8 billion tonnes of inorganic chemicals in the first half of 2022, according to Germany’s federal statistics office. ...

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The Queen, steady heart of UK, belonged to the world

She wasn’t just Britain’s Queen — Elizabeth II belonged to the world. It’s moving how the peoples of so many nations embraced this quiet, emotionally reticent woman who reigned in a country that once bestrode the world as an empire. In her decades at the helm, she found a different role, with monarchy as the glue of continuity. In the ...

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Can AI be a great equaliser right now?

If 2021 was the breakthrough year for mRNA vaccines, then 2022 may be the breakthrough year for artificial intelligence. So far there have been major advances in text generation and image generation, and now investor Nat Friedman is predicting big developments in AI personal voice assistants. More innovation will surely follow. With so much in the works, it is worth ...

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South Africa is world’s 12th serious CO2 emitter

  What can rich countries do to help the developing world battle climate change? What’s happening in South Africa right now embodies that central question of fairness. Africa’s third largest economy is also the world’s 12th most serious emitter of carbon dioxide. At COP26 in Glasgow last November — the UK, US, France, Germany and the rest of the EU ...

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Dump debt ceiling before GOP wins the House

  It’s time: Congressional Democrats need to get the ball rolling on ending the risk of defaulting on the nation’s debt. If they don’t tackle this before the current term ends, we run the risk that a Republican House majority will be irresponsible enough to allow a default to happen. That’s why the Democrats should seize the opportunity during the ...

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